Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-10-06
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Inc Wnat Cneer mines are RAINING on
full time, about 1900 men being employ.
ed.
L. L. Funkhouser, an Abba county
farmer, raised 106 bushels OF wheat on
two acres the past season.
A six-inch artesian well is being bored
at Osceola. A depth of 900 feet has been
reached. with 700 feet of water. 1t is de-
signed to sink it 1901 feet.
Governor Larrabee has appointed ]. D.
Brown, OF Leon. and E. S. Fonda, of
Usage. as delegates tosthe national con.
vcntion Of cattle growers, to be held at
Kansas City, Oct. 81 aud Nov. /.
The prevalence of diphtheria and scarlet
fever in different portions of the State
has caused much inquiry Of the State
Board Of Health as to what rules can be
enforced for preventing the spread Of the
contagion. In some localities it was pro-
posed to forbid children from attending
| school who had in any way been exposed
to diphtheria. The Board of Health were
asked if that could be done. and in reply
they say that children who have not the
disease in theil family cannot be restrain
| ed from attending school, unless there has
| been such frequent exposure to the dis
ease as to incur the danger of infection
| by the clothing. This will be important
news to many parts of the State, where
contagious diseases are now creating more
or less panic.
The October term of the supreme court
| began at Des Moines. Oct A, with 49,
cases on the docket distributed according
to the following assignment Of days and
\ districts: October and 5, eleven cases
! from the First district, seventeen from
| the Second district. October 6, 7 and s,
| twenty one cases from the Third district,
twenty three cases from the Fourth dis
| trict. October 10, II and 10, seventeen
| cases from the Fifth district. twenty-five
cases from the Sixth district eleven cases
| from the Seventh district. October 10
| and IA, three cases from the Eighth dis
| trict, nineteen cases from the Tenth dis
! trict. October IS and 10, twenty eight
cases from the Eleventh district twelve
cases from the Twelfth district. October
20, 81 and %, eight cases from the Thir-
teenth district, ten cases from the Four
teenth district, sixty four cases from the
Fifteenth district October "a and 20,
| fourteen cases from the Sixteenth district,
ten cases from the Seventeenth district.
ten cases from the Eighteenth district.
October 26 and 81, twenty-five cases from
| the Nineteenth district
The lease made by the Illinois Central
Of the Dubuque & Sioux City road term
mated at 10 o'clock on the night of Sept.
30, and Oct. list the Illinois Central took
| formal possession of it. The lease was
made twenty years ago. The lease of the
Iowa Falls & Sioux City road also ex-
pired at the same time. The latter road
will be operated by the old company, but
under the control of the Illinois Central.
1t is announced that the present officers
and agents of these roads will continue to
act until further notice. The practical
effect of these changes is TO give the
| Illinois Central complete control, when
for some time it has had partial control
The clerk of the United States court at
Des Moines placed on file Oct. /, an order
from Justice Miller, of the Supreme
Court, granting a temporary injunction
| against the collection of taxes levied by
| the State against the Pullman Sleeping
| Car company. The tax was charged to
the roads using Pullman cars. The roads
tried to collect it in turn from the Pull.
man company. Last year the Pullman
company resisted the collection of this
tax, and were defeated in a test suit in
the United States circuit court This
year the company again resisted, claim
| ing TO be protected ON the ground that
their business belongs exclusively to the
interstate commerce. Fifteen counties
along the line Of the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy road are temporarily restrained
by this injunction from collecting the
sleeping car tax. The case will be argued
| at the coming term of the Federal Court
the injunction applying only until that
| time. -,
| William Steam came into Mt Pleasant,
Sept 81, and surrendered himself to
Sheriff Dwyer, stating that be had shot
George Moore in Durk's grocery store,
at Ketchm's Switch, flag station on
the c., B. g.. @. railroad Steans state
ment is that after some words between
the men about the future renting by
Moor Of some land now rented and oc-
| cupied by Steam, that Moore with threats
| threw of his coat and advanced toward
Steam, when Steam fred the shot that
will probably resultin the death of Moore
The ball entered the body on the right
side and penetrated the lung. Steam is
in Jail awaiting preliminary examination
before the justice.
Miss Ada Dean, cook at the Revere
House, at Creston, attempted suicide
Sept 81, taking laudanum. 1t was an
overdose, and her life was saved. She
had been discarded by her lover, a @. :,
B. & @. conductor.
The Pullman Car Company Is making
another attempt to have tax collectors
enjoined from the collection Of
taxes levied on its property oper-
ated in the State. 1t will be
remembered that a suit brought in the
name of the Pullman Palace Car Co. is
now bending before the Supreme Court
Attorney General Baker who has recently
returned from st. Louis it was learned
that the company in the name of the c.
B. 81. @. Railroad has presented q petition
last Tuesday to enjoin tax collectors
and auditors of the different
counties in which the q. B.
& @. operates its lines from collecting the
taxes levied on Pullman property. The
matter was argued and submitted before
Justice Miller and Judge Brewer in St.
Louis, but as yet no decision has been
! given. Robert Lincoln was one of the
attorneys who appeared in behalf of the
Pullman company. 1t is quite probable
that similar suits win soon be brought by
the Pullman company in the names of
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